Uraeus with sun disk
Egyptian
Late Period
Accession Number
72.4962
Medium or Technique
Wood
Not On View
Collections
Africa and Oceania, The Ancient World
Classifications
Painted.
Wood uraeus with round disk. Light-gray wood color; the slightest traces of faint green and of white. Perfect form. Hole clean through the middle of the body.
Provenance
By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way